10 Gallon Adequete For Fry?

[Cichlid_Crazy]

I have 80+ mbuna fry (Yellow Labs and Auratus) and have just bought a ten gallon nano tank for a fiver from a car boot sell....fits in my cabinet nicley...is this adequete to keep them in until they get big enough to go in main display/be sold?

 

[andy d]

Seems like a lot of fry. Suppose it depends on when u think they're ready for main tank or sold...

If thats and inch in length or so the tank is going to be back to the rafters.

 

[Nick16]

if they are small fry then its fine. (say 2cm or so)

lots of people use 10 or 8G tanks for livebearers.

 

[Cichlid_Crazy]

I was going to keep them in there until they are big enough not to get muched then flog on the surpless.

 

[dthoffsett]

With that amount of fry I'd be inclined to go larger, say a 20-30gal. You'll need to keep them separate until they are large enough to not fit in the mouths of the adults so around 1 - 1.5 inches. Even with excellent filtration, 80 1 inch fish (assuming they all survive) in a 10gal tank just wouldn't work.